WetShaving
This is a community of enthusiasts, hobbyists and artisans who enjoy a traditional wet shave: brush, soap, and safety or straight razor. We are a part of the WetShaving community found on Reddit, Discord, and IRC.
New subscribers welcome!
Please visit our wiki, which is always and forever a work in progress.
🪒 Check out these alternative front-ends for this server:
https://gem.wetshaving.social/ - a nice modern interface
https://old.wetshaving.social/ - designed to look like old.reddit.com
Our sister Mastodon instance is https://wetshaving.social/.
🪒 Track the uptime of our various services here:
https://uptime.splettnet.com/status/wetshaving
🪒 Community Rules
Rule 1 - Behaviour and Etiquette
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Be Respectful. Do not bully, flame, or harass others.
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Malicious comments are not allowed but heated discussion and salty banter is okay.
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Low effort replies and complaints about content will be removed.
Rule 2 - Content Guidelines
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Mail Calls, Simple Questions, and SOTD posts belong in the recurring weekly threads.
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Posts must have sufficient content to generate a meaningful discussion.
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Images, links, or videos must include additional text that summarizes the topic.
Rule 3 - Reviews and Disclosure
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Use [First Impressions] in the title if your experience with the product is limited.
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Use the [Review] in the title if you can provide comprehensive details with enough familiarity to answer follow-up questions.
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Disclose how the product being reviewed was acquired (e.g., PIF, loan, or purchase). If the product was provided to you directly by the maker or vendor free of charge or at a discount, you must disclose this fact even if the item will later be returned to the maker or vendor.
Rule 4 - Advertising
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Vendors are to keep marketing within the biweekly Deals/New Products threads.
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Non-vendors may post topics about products if it will foster a compelling discussion.
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Do not solicit donations or share fundraisers without mod approval.
Rule 5 - Inappropriate Content
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All NSFW/L content must request mod approval and be flaired appropriately.
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Non-shaving related NSFW/L content is not allowed.
Rule 10 - Moderator Discretion
- The rules may not apply perfectly to every situation. The mods have final discretion.
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January 21, 2024
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
Wonderful shave today. Very citrus with the grapefruit note in Firefighter, the pineapple note in Succès, and the lemon note in JF. Although very cold (for Maryland), it was a beautiful, sunny, sunrise this morning that put me in the mood for this setup.
The Blackbird Ti gave me a great shave, as it always does. The tuck of My-Blades that I'm using was a gift from u/VisceralWatch. I'm certainly not an aficionado of DE blades, and I'm more interested in edge quality than on optimizing the number of shaves possible from one blade. That said, I've found the My-Blades to be very nice in the way that the Astra Superior Platinum is nice. Not ultra sharp, but sharp enough, and with manufacturing that allows for consistency of sharpness across the first 5-10 shaves [I normally ditch a blade after this number of uses]. Thanks to Mr. Watch for letting me try these.
Mhm, now I want a Firefighter shave, but I just finished preparing my SOTDs for the week.
🤬 First world problems